Sunday 25 September 2022

WORLD'S OLDEST AND ANCIENT GREEK'S VISION OF THE UNIVERSE

 A bronze artifact salvaged from an ancient Greek shipwreck recognized as the world's oldest computer may hold the secrets of the universe.  

When we talk about the history of computers. most of us will refer to the evolution of the modern digital desktop PC, charting the decades-long developments by the likes of Apple and Microsoft, when many consider. however,  is that computers have been around much longer.  In fact, they date back to millennia. to a time when there were analog creations. 

Today, the world's oldest computer is the Antikythera mechanism, a corroded bronze artifact that was found at the beginning of the 20th century, in the remains of a shipwreck near the Greek island of Antikythera.  It was not until the 1970s that the true importance of the Antikythera mechanism was discovered.  However, when radiography revealed that the device is in fact a complex mechanism having at least 30 gear wheels. 

The mechanism has since been established as the first-known astronomical calendar, a complex system. Technically, it is a sophisticated device "a calculator" rather than a true computer since it cannot be reprogrammed, but nonetheless, it is an impressive artifact.     


 

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